Each Glencoe Reader encourages students to read interactively by marking up selections and creating a personal dialogue with a variety of British-English texts: Part I: Fiction, Poetry, and Drama Part II: Non-fiction and Informational Text: Literary non-fiction, mass media, technical and consumer documents, maps, and more! Part III: Reading and Succeeding on Standardized Tests: Reading and writing test lessons In each selection of The Glencoe Reader, there is a variety of engaging activities the students can complete on their own or with a partner, a small group, or the entire class.
Communicating with friends across the pond is a perpetual problem. American and British spelling differences include simple changes that affect the meaning, pronunciation and use of words. Today, native and non-native English speakers are the largest group in the world, but the dialects they speak are shockingly different. Linguists have pinpointed the transition to today’s English to sometime during the 1800s.
Here are several examples of common British spelling differences and their US counterparts.
In his outstanding new cookbook, Gordon Ramsay teams up with Mark Sargeant to showcase the best of British cooking. Packed full of sumptuous and hearty traditional recipes, Gordon Ramsay's Great British Pub Food is perfect for relaxed, homely and comforting cooking. Pubs were once a place where you could always guarantee good, simple, cheap food and a great Sunday roast, but when the steak houses and fast food chains arrived the good home cooking from the pub kitchens was replaced with tasteless, defrosted meals. Then came the gastropubs, which weren't much better,
British Council Learn English Podcasts Part 4 LearnEnglish Themes Podcasts are for learners at Intermediate to Advanced level and cover a large number of themes. LearnEnglish Themes Podcasts are a way for you to practise your English language listening skills...
British Council Learn English Podcasts Part 5 LearnEnglish Themes Podcasts are for learners at Intermediate to Advanced level and cover a large number of themes. LearnEnglish Themes Podcasts are a way for you to practise your English language listening skills...